While there are many painters I like, I would have to say that Wu Guanzhong is my personal favourite. There is something about his style that sets him apart from other 【小题1】(paint).

Wu Guanzhong’s painting style can be described 【小题2】 a mix of Western and Chinese painting traditions. 【小题3】, his style is very modern; many of his paintings are 【小题4】(strike)simple, but also very elegant.

Wu Guanzhong mastered the use of white space. My favourite painting is this one, 【小题5】(call)Zhou Village, in 【小题6】 he used this technique very effectively. Like many of his other works, it’s very stylish. Wu used 【小题7】 striking combination of black strokes and white space 【小题8】(depict)traditional Chinese buildings in a water town. There is something beautiful and strange about the whitewashed houses in the painting: they rise up like mountains. Perhaps he wanted to create an 【小题9】(impress)landscape painting to represent a simple small-town scene. The river is in the foreground, and at its centre 【小题10】(be)a small bridge. When you look at the painting, it is as if you were about to cross the bridge and enter another world.

Many foreigners are 【小题1】 (amaze) at Chinese characters. For the past three decades, Richard Sears has been focused on one thing: telling many 【小题2】 (story) behind Chinese characters. His interest in Chinese language and characters dates back to 1972, when he was a 22-year-old physics major in the USA.

He built a website in 2002 and named it Chinese Etymology (词源),【小题3】 provides visitors with opportunities to check the development of Chinese characters in a variety of forms for free. Because of this well-received website, he became Uncle Hanzi, a nickname (昵称)【小题4】 (give) by Chinese netizens.

In September, Sears set up his studio in Nanjing as part of the local government’s plan to promote Chinese culture. To help both Chinese 【小题5】 foreign learners have a better understanding of Chinese characters, the studio concentrates 【小题6】 telling stories behind Chinese characters with the aid of technology. So far, they 【小题7】 (make) over 60 videos in English with Chinese subtitles for Bilibili, a popular video website among young people.【小题8】 (watch) the videos not only brings fun but also makes people know more about Chinese characters, leaving them a deep 【小题9】 (impress).

With the tireless efforts of people like Richard Sears and the government’s support,【小题10】 (many) people will appreciate the beauty of Chinese characters fully.

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have been become a 【小题1】 (distance) memory in some ways. However, a craftsman, Li Jianzhong, is devoted to 【小题2】(keep)the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After 【小题3】 mine closed down, Li turned 【小题4】 housing decoration until he 【小题5】 (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Later. he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by 【小题6】(he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill and could make 【小题7】 (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with 【小题8】 (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman 【小题9】 (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup. When the sugar cools down, what 【小题10】 (appear) is a piece of sugar art.